Joint wholeSEM-ADVANCE panel discussion

The ADVANCE and wholeSEM projects organized a public panel discussion on 15 September 2015 in London on the role of IAMs in long-term public and private decision making. The panel was composed of modellers and representative from Shell and the UK government. While both policy and business representatives acknowledged the support provided by the models to decision making processes in their organizations, they also expressed concerns about increasing model complexity and related difficulties in understanding and interpreting model results. They would welcome easier-to-use tools as well as greater transparency.

Presentations

• The Use of Integrated Assessment Models for Policy Analysis, Elmar Kriegler, PIK
• The role of IAMs for the analysis of sustainable development, Keywan Riahi, IIASA

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